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buffalokid's review
3.0
Keep reading but definitely didn't hold my interest for the entire time. Adam Warlock is a trippy character, and Thanos again is a mastermind that keeps the pages going. Otherwise, a little too many characters hoping in and out which makes it distracting to the story line. Starlin and team definitely thought it out, but still not as good as Gauntlet.
birdmanseven's review
4.0
4 stars for the actual Infinity War storyline. I enjoyed it more than the original Infinity Gauntlet story. I thought it did a good job of managing the multitude of characters and dense plot. I wasn't a fan of the post-war part they included at the end.
ekansthepokemon's review
3.0
interesting event, if not a little unfocused. didn't really know where anything was going until it was almost over. still pretty epic
jedi_indyjones's review
4.0
Continuing the struggle over the Infinity Gauntlet, Marvel's most powerful beings try and rebalance the Universe from the mistakes of Adam Warlock's rule. This novel has a pretty spectacular cast of characters and the scale is still very big in this entry. It was a fun ride, but not as fun as the first two books in the saga.
lord_spathington's review
2.0
A stark decline from “Infinity Gauntlet,” and a precursor to how unnecessarily overstuffed line-wide crossovers have become.
sa_ra's review
3.0
Having now read two parts of the original ”Infinity trilogy” from the 90s, I can only conclude that you should never trust purple guys with colourful rocks.
Thanos defeated, the villain this time—a slightly lighter shade of purple, sporting a leotard, a manbun and what looks like a title belt—is The Magus, who is the evil (?) side of Adam Warlock, who the last time round was given control of the Infinity Gauntlet. Warlock himself takes a step back while the OG purple guy, the mighty Thanos, emerges as a hero of a kind (and he was just starting his summer holidays in his peaceful cabin!).
I must admit, seeing The Magus going on about his Evilness and thirst for power for six issues made me long for the bathetic speeches Mr. T made before Lady Death, who he was trying to court with the sparkly glove. The Magus’ goals are much loftier (infinite power, etc.) and thus much more boring. The end should come as no surprise, just like it didn’t before, but the how of it is less engaging this time. The evil plan relies heavily on, for a lack of a better word (sorry Marvel fans), ”bizarro” versions of Our Heroes; this is amusing for a while, but there are only so many panels I can take of Wolverine fighting Bad Wolverine. Galactus, who to me is just a tall guy with a silly hat, hangs around a lot and is smart. (Does he ever do anything else?) Easily the best part of the anti-Magus scheming is the team-up of Dr Doom and Kang, whose dynamic duo deserves a sitcom.
After a lot of huffing and puffing, and a Thanos-ex-machina, the universe remains safe for another day, and finally, the entity called the Living Tribunal—a dude with a separate, floating head, whose job is to pass judgment—passes judgment that the Infinity Stones can not be combined ever again. To this I would say, WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THIS BEFORE. Anyway, it’s Thanos back to checking how his summer home is doing and pondering the future on his porch once more, leaving us with a cliffhanger. Guess I’ll check out the final part—if such things exist in comics.
Thanos defeated, the villain this time—a slightly lighter shade of purple, sporting a leotard, a manbun and what looks like a title belt—is The Magus, who is the evil (?) side of Adam Warlock, who the last time round was given control of the Infinity Gauntlet. Warlock himself takes a step back while the OG purple guy, the mighty Thanos, emerges as a hero of a kind (and he was just starting his summer holidays in his peaceful cabin!).
I must admit, seeing The Magus going on about his Evilness and thirst for power for six issues made me long for the bathetic speeches Mr. T made before Lady Death, who he was trying to court with the sparkly glove. The Magus’ goals are much loftier (infinite power, etc.) and thus much more boring. The end should come as no surprise, just like it didn’t before, but the how of it is less engaging this time. The evil plan relies heavily on, for a lack of a better word (sorry Marvel fans), ”bizarro” versions of Our Heroes; this is amusing for a while, but there are only so many panels I can take of Wolverine fighting Bad Wolverine. Galactus, who to me is just a tall guy with a silly hat, hangs around a lot and is smart. (Does he ever do anything else?) Easily the best part of the anti-Magus scheming is the team-up of Dr Doom and Kang, whose dynamic duo deserves a sitcom.
After a lot of huffing and puffing, and a Thanos-ex-machina, the universe remains safe for another day, and finally, the entity called the Living Tribunal—a dude with a separate, floating head, whose job is to pass judgment—passes judgment that the Infinity Stones can not be combined ever again. To this I would say, WHY DIDN’T YOU DO THIS BEFORE. Anyway, it’s Thanos back to checking how his summer home is doing and pondering the future on his porch once more, leaving us with a cliffhanger. Guess I’ll check out the final part—if such things exist in comics.